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Simon Holmes à Court Buys $15,000 Flight With Sussan Ley for Teen Climate Organiser and Scientist

The climate donor casts the purchase as a bid to give the Liberal leader face time with younger voters.

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Overview

  • Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court won the Midwinter Ball auction for a flight with Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, paying $15,000 after late bidding surged from about $7,000.
  • He plans to give the two seats to 18-year-old Climate 200 organiser and bushfire survivor Katya Zheluk and an as‑yet unnamed climate scientist.
  • Ley’s prize is a Cessna-182 flight departing from Albury or Canberra with a country pub meal included and optional shearing lessons.
  • Holmes à Court says the gesture supports the event’s charities and is intended to expose the Liberal leader to younger Australians disengaging from the party.
  • The flight is expected to take place around regional New South Wales in the coming months, and the broader auction raised about $370,000, including $13,232 for a tennis game at The Lodge with the prime minister.